The Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has approved an increase in the wages of the 459 customary court judges across the state’s 153 courts.
Dr. Reuben Onyishi, the Governor’s Senior Special Assistant on New Media, made the announcement in an Enugu statement Monday.
According to Onyishi, the revision will take effect in January and will be in accordance with the state’s N80,000 minimum salary.
He stated that the review was prompted by the increasing cost of living, which necessitated an increase in the national minimum salary of N70,000 and Goernor Mbah’s generous raise of the minimum pay in Enugu State to N80,000.
“This also followed a memo dated Nov. 25, 2024, addressed to the Governor by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Legal Matters, Mr Osinachi Nnajieze, in response to which Mbah graciously approved the review,” Onyishi said.
He said that the review also applied to the chairman and two members that constituted each of the 153 customary courts in the state, in which the salaries of the chairmen were moved from N42,989.76 to N92,989.76.“Also, the salaries of the two members are increased from N39,736.18 to N89,736.18,” Onyishi said.